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The newest skin 'dusk' I find very nice, but I saw that the screen is far too small in width when I was working on [[J.R.R. Tolkien's Family Tree]]. So, making it a bit bigger might be a clever thing to do.

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Moreover, on the [[Main Page]] there are references to links on the left (which is fine with the regular skins), whereas all the links in the dusk skin are on the right!

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I think that this page should be re-added to the sidebar; however first it's content and layout should change. This page is meant to be a place which brings the community together and encourages editors to help out in different ways, so basically it should be a well-organised layout of links to important pages which are too many to list now. If people wish for this page to be 'revived' then it'd be happy to redesign it (based on the Main page layout for continuity) and change it's content.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 11:31, 29 July 2008 (EDT)

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Have a look: [http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/J.R.R._Tolkien%27s_Family_Tree&useskin=dusk Dusky Family Tree]

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:I agree, {{User:KingAragorn/sig}}, and by the way, nice job with CP page. It should be moved to the sidebar and protected.--[[User:Theoden1|Theoden1]] 18:44, 6 August 2008 (EDT)

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:Hehe, ya that skin wasn't designed by me, I just uploaded it testing the different skins. Dusk really isn't made for a wiki our size and is meant for more of a blog style with small amounts of text. I really need to get a decent skinned created because this default one we are using is just too bland, I'd really love to see something that fully integrates with the Tolkien theme. Unfortunately my CSS/PHP/creativity skills are lacking so it's easier said than done. Unfortunately the skin is made to fit a fixed size thus expanding it would ruin the whole header image there, yet another aspect of that skin I dislike. The wiki skins definitely needs to be something that expands with the browser and resolution to provide maximum viewing for those larger monitors. But it is a good example of how powerful CSS/PHP can be with the wiki software and we can really twist this site into anything we want. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 11:26, 8 February 2006 (EST)

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The Gondor city of Minas Tirith has a incoming attack from Mordor after a defeat at osgilith. The rohirrim have now rode of to the encampment at Dunharrow

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and next day they ride to war Who knows what happens but give hope to Rohans Gracious army {{unsigned|Brian}}

Is it possible to get a more encyclopedia-like listing under the heading 'the encyclopedia'? I mean, like what they print on the spine of the seperate volumes: Aa-Bl, Bk-Ce etc. In this case it would be: A El - Eld, Eld - Kin etc; this should be done automatically, of course, if possible. It's now such a long, bare list.

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Also, I'd like to see the heading 'the author' back.

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Hello, dear like-mindeds! I'm happy to be the member of "Tolkien Gateway". I have just joined in it. And I want to ask you: "Did you talk about this fact that in the film "The Lord of the Rings" many interesting events are reduced?". Frankly speaking, I want to see, for example, Tom Bombadil or Glorfindel in this film... Do you follow me? What is your opinion about it? Please, leave your comment! I'll be glad. {{unsigned|Victoria Angmarskaya}}

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--[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 16:21, 14 February 2006 (EST)

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You may find this article of some interest.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 15:04, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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:Thanks for the input. I agree with you that the bare small list that takes up so much room is not something that should stay for long. I like the idea of having Aa-Bl, etc, although it's not possible to do that dynamically so it would be something we'd have to change manually, but at least it would take up some space there. Another thought I had is something like A - Ardamir, Aragorn... Then B - Bag end, Bilbo.... And just list the first article or two next to the letter, similar to what [http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/ Encyclopedia of Arda] does. I definitely would like to see 'the author' (as well as all the old links) links back but I think for the moment we should work on improving those articles prior to linking them from the main page. This way people don't see those few links and assume that is our entire collection. Thanks again for the input. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 19:10, 14 February 2006 (EST)

Do you guys know this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Middle-earth portal]? It's meant to organize all Wikipedia articles on Tolkien. So, now's the existentialist question: what are we here for? Why are we here? Does this Wiki add anything to Wikipedia's portal?

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--[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 08:58, 15 February 2006 (EST)

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:Great question! I think in the near future as a community it would be nice if we could come up with sort of a mission statement about what we really do want to accomplish. I know in the back of my head I think [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] has done a great job, but they probably only have 1% of the content that is actually out there. Wikipedia being not [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] specific they simply cant have an entire article for every edition of every book published by Tolkien, or information about his relatives, and articles delving deeper into the mine...works of Tolkien. Look at [http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/ Wookipedia], almost 25,000 articles! [[Arda]] is ''much'' more complex and has been around ''a lot'' longer, we can't let the Star Wars nerds beat out us Tolkien fans. :) But as of the present we already have quite a lot more articles than Wikipedia's Tolkien section, albeit their's are being updated quicker I think we have our eyes farther out into the horizon. Do you have any suggestions for answers? --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 19:00, 16 February 2006 (EST)

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::I think the biggest task we're facing at the moment is to get more people involved in this; at this moment, only you and I are frequently adding to it (and I'm 'just' fixing dead links mostly). Have you considered mailing around a bit to get more attention to this Wiki? --[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 03:02, 17 February 2006 (EST)

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:::I've tried quite a few different things: searching google for "tolkien links" and going to hundreds of sites and emailing them manually to exchange links with us, unfortunately a lot of them were just dead ends. I've also tried posting links in forums but it's hard to not look like I am simply advertising the site. The linking that has helped the most has been at wikipedia ironically enough, because so many websites mirror the content from there, they mirror our links, search engines are also helping quite a bit. Hopefully word of mouth (or text of fingers?) will help as well as we gain more content. Another thought I had is seeing if any of the current Tolkien Encyclopedia websites would like to merge with us but I don't think we are to that point yet. We have had a few people in the past who edit quite a bit but unfortunately after a couple days they become burnt out and stop. Any suggestions? I think the best offer we can give people is to make sure they know this is not just one person's site as it is true for most websites out there, but the community's. As the popularity grows I would like to have a board of people who make the final decisions and the community would vote as a whole on topics, no one person would 'own' the site. Thanks again for your thoughts. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 11:26, 17 February 2006 (EST)

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[[Hyarion]], maybe you could combine the current [[Main Page]] with the [http://tolkiengateway.net/search/ Search Page] you're suggesting? Cut (some of) the introductory notes and put in the Search bar.

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Talking about the Search function: wouldn't it be better to have it a bit higher in the left side bar? Maybe between the 'Navigation' links and the alphabetical index? Now, people have to scroll down (rather far, in my opinion) to find the search box. --[[User:Earendilyon|Earendilyon]] 04:29, 3 March 2006 (EST)

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:This was actually something I had been thinking about doing for a while but never got around to it because it takes a bit of hacking into the code of the MediaWiki engine, but it was quite easy and as you can see I've moved the Search button up to the top. This should make it at least a little easier for the time being. Thanks for your input. --[[User:Hyarion|Hyarion]] 11:57, 3 March 2006 (EST)

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This is one problem I've had. We have [[Gandalf]], [[Mithrandir]], [[Grey Wanderer]], etc. I think having separate articles for different names is a must, unlike [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] who simply redirects them to one main article. I think we can go into enough detail about the meaning of the name, when the character used the name, etc, to justify an article for it. Another reason I dislike the redirection is because I will go to one article but redirected to another article abd I become confused as to why I am there. ''But'' I do not think content should be spread across multiple articles. For example a ruler of [[Numenor]] should not have their pre-ruling information in say [[Pharazon]] and have anything after they changed their name to [[Tar-Pharazon]] be listed there, it should all be in one article. This being said I think we should vote on a primary article, such as [[Gandalf]] for the information to be stored, and other related naming articles should be linked to from there (and to there). The choice is the difficult decision, especially with say [[Aragorn]], do you use his birth name? ruling name? full name? And then what would his full name be? It was different at different times. Another thing in this same area is we need to go through and make sure a page like [[Gandalf]] has links to all his other names.

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Revision as of 10:26, 25 December 2011

All previous discussions have been moved to the Council forum. All future general Tolkien Gateway discussions should be had in said forum. This discussion page is specifically for topics relating to the Community Portal project page.

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Importance?

I think that this page should be re-added to the sidebar; however first it's content and layout should change. This page is meant to be a place which brings the community together and encourages editors to help out in different ways, so basically it should be a well-organised layout of links to important pages which are too many to list now. If people wish for this page to be 'revived' then it'd be happy to redesign it (based on the Main page layout for continuity) and change it's content.-- KingAragorn talk contribs edits email 11:31, 29 July 2008 (EDT)

Thoeden gives aid to gondor

The Gondor city of Minas Tirith has a incoming attack from Mordor after a defeat at osgilith. The rohirrim have now rode of to the encampment at Dunharrow
and next day they ride to war Who knows what happens but give hope to Rohans Gracious army —Unsigned comment byBrian (talk • contribs).

Reductions of events in the film.

Hello, dear like-mindeds! I'm happy to be the member of "Tolkien Gateway". I have just joined in it. And I want to ask you: "Did you talk about this fact that in the film "The Lord of the Rings" many interesting events are reduced?". Frankly speaking, I want to see, for example, Tom Bombadil or Glorfindel in this film... Do you follow me? What is your opinion about it? Please, leave your comment! I'll be glad. —Unsigned comment byVictoria Angmarskaya (talk • contribs).